Gage for paring-knives



- A. B. ,LEE.

I GAGE FUR PARING KNIVES. APPLlCATION FILED MAR. 14. 1919.

Patented July 13, 19%.,

LSQ6$$L PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT B. LEE, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

, GAGE FOR PARING-KNIVES.

' Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented July 13,1920.

Application filed March 14, 1919. Serial No. 282,690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. LEE, a citi-- zen of the United States, residing in the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gages for Faring-Knives, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in paring gages and more especially to a de-- vice adapted to be quickly adjusted to any ordinary paring knife for the purpose of facilitating the paring of potatoes and other vegetables and fruits, and the object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily and quickly attached to any suitable paring knife and may be so adjusted to the cutting edge of the blade thereof in such manner as to prevent the cutting away of too thick a peeling, and so as to reduce said peeling and the attendant waste as much as possible.

A further object is to provide such a device capable of such adjustment that either a thick or thin paring may be cut away as desired.

A still further object is to produce such a device in a very simple, practical and economical form.

With these and other objects in view, attention is called to the drawings accompanying this specification, and constituting a part thereof, wherein- Figure 1 represents a plan view of the gage as attached to the blade of a knife, and showing the extent to which the gage protrudes beyond the edge of the blade;

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective, showing the method of attaching the gage to the blade of the knife;

Fig. 3 is a perspective showing the gage adjusted to the knife, and showing the combined apparatus in the act of paring a potato;

Fig. 4 is a frontal elevation of the gage as attached to the cutting edge of the knife blade.

Similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, Fig. 1 represents any ordinary paring knife as commonly used in and about a kitchen for the purpose of paring-vegetables and fruits; Fig. 2 represents my improved gage in its entirety; Fig. 3 represents a potato in the process of being peeled; Fig. 4 represents the peeling as cut therefrom. In its preferable construction the invention is formed of a single piece of wire of a suitable length and bent at its ends to form the coils 2 and 2 and embodying the connecting straight member or gage 3.

It will be noted that the coils formed at the ends of the gage 3 comprise a plurality of loops though in actual construction perhaps not more than two loops would be embodied at'each end. It will also be noted that the gage 3 is preferably thrown forward of the center of the coils 2 and 2. The purpose of a plurality of coils at each end of the gage is to facilitate the adjustment of the device for cutting to varying degrees of thickness, and the purpose of throwing the gage proper forward of the centers of the two sets of coils is to aline the gage more conveniently adjacent to the cutting edge of the knife blade 1. The terminals of the coils are extended inwardly and are disposed diametrically of the end convolutions of the coils and they fit against and frictionally engage the blade at points within the said coils and materially increase the effectiveness of the means for adjustably securing the device to a blade for retaining the device in its adusted positlon.

In operation, the paring gage is set upon the cutting edge of any suitable paring knife by simply forcing the cutting edge of the knife blade 1 between the strands of the coils 2 and 2 in such manner that the gage 3 becomes set and adjusted immcdiatcl y over the cutting edge of the knife in such position that a small slit 5 is left between the cutting edge of the knife and the gage 3. It is apparent that by-adjusting the paring knife into and between the lower strands of the coils 2 and 2 the gage 3 would be relatively raised from the cutting edge of the knife blade 1, thereby increasing the thickness of the paring 4. When the gage 3 is properly adjusted the paring process is proceeded with inordinary form, the paring a passing upward through the slit 5, and it is obvious that this device enables the operator to pare a vegetable evenly and smoothly and with great facility and speed, and the-device as such can be attached to any suitable parin knife.

lhe drawings show the sets of coils 2 and 2 reversed in respect to one another, but the two coils may be disposed in identical relamanner and method of constructing my invention, it is understood I may vary from same 1n minor points, not departing from the spirit of my said invention so as best to construct a practical working device for the purpose intended.

What I claim to be new and patentable is:

1. A paring gage for knives comprising a straight gage member adapted to extendalong the cutting edge of a knife in spaced relation with the same, terminal coils located at the ends of the gage member adapted to embrace the blade of the knife, and extending terminals on said coils located within the end convolutions and projecting inwardly and adapted to insure a tight frictional en-- gagement with the knife blade.

2. In a device of the class described, in-

cluding a knife, a straight gage member extending along the cutting edge of the knife in spaced relation with the same, terminal coils located at the ends of the gage member and embracing the blade of the knife, and extending terminals arranged within and disposed diametrically of the terminal convolutions of the coils and fitting against and frictionally engaging the blade of said knife. 30

a '1 ALBERT B. LEE. 'Witnesses I. H. MYERS, SADIE HANSON. 

